Systems and Methods for Distributed Data Routing in a Wireless Network

1. A system comprising: a base station configured to receive source data from a mobile device, the source data including a routing device address to send the source data to, and to generate, in a control plane protocol, control data based on the source data, the control data including a control server address to send the control data to; a control server for performing control plane functions, the control server configured to receive the control data from the base station and generate communication instructions, for carrying out data path functions, based on the control data; and a routing device for performing data plane functions, the routing device separate from the control server and comprising: a control module configured to receive the communication instructions from the control server; a service module configured to generate, in a protocol that can be read by a router module, data path instructions for the source data based on the communication instructions; and the router module configured to receive the source data from the base station and route the source data to a target device based on the data path instructions.

2. The system of claim 1 , wherein the control server is a WiMAX server.

3. The system of claim 1 , wherein the control server is an LTE server.

4. The system of claim 1 , wherein the control server is an access server network (ASN) server and the routing device communicates with the ASN server over an R7 interface.

5. The system of claim 1 , wherein the communication instructions comprise instructions to tunnel the received data using one of a plurality of generic routing encapsulation (GRE) tunnels.

6. The system of claim 1 , wherein the communication instructions comprise instructions to tunnel the received data using one of a plurality of IP tunnels.

7. The system of claim 1 , wherein the communication instructions comprise instructions to tunnel the received data using one of a plurality of IP tunnels and wherein the target device comprises a connectivity service network (CSN) server.

8. The system of claim 1 , wherein the communication instructions comprise instructions to process the received data using a virtual local area network (VLAN) protocol.

9. The system of claim 1 , wherein a connectivity service network (CSN) server comprises the routing device.

10. A method comprising: receiving, by a base station, source data from a mobile device, the source data including a routing device address to send the source data to; generating, by the base station in a control plane protocol, control data based on the source data, the control data including a control server address to send the control data to; generating, by a control server configured to perform control plane functions, communication instructions, for carrying out data path functions, based on the control data received from the base station; receiving, by a routing device separate from the control server and configured to perform data plane functions, the communication instructions from the control server; generating, by the routing device in a protocol that can be read by a router module, data path instructions for the source data based on the communication instructions; receiving, by the router module, the source data from the base station; and routing, by the router module, the source data to a target device.

11. The method of claim 10 , wherein the control server is a WiMAX server.

12. The method of claim 10 , wherein the control server is an LTE server.

13. The method of claim 10 , wherein the control server is an access server network (ASN) server and wherein receiving communication instructions comprises receiving communication instructions from the ASN server over an R7 interface.

14. The method of claim 10 , wherein the communication instructions comprise instructions to tunnel the received data using one of a plurality of generic routing encapsulation (GRE) tunnels.

15. The method of claim 10 , wherein the communication instructions comprise instructions to tunnel the received data using one of a plurality of IP tunnels.

16. The method of claim 10 , wherein the communication instructions comprise instructions to tunnel the received data using one of a plurality of IP tunnels and wherein the target device comprises a connectivity service network (CSN) server.

17. The method of claim 10 , wherein the communication instructions comprise instructions to route the source data using a virtual local area network (VLAN) protocol.